EAST PEORIA — Authorities arrested six people and confiscated a newly cooked batch of methamphetamine in an early Thursday raid.

Through information gathered in the past several months in other meth investigations, authorities obtained a warrant for 339 Matheny Road in rural East Peoria. Operation Copperhead officials, consisting of Pekin police officers and Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office personnel, raided the house at 5 a.m., and found six occupants of the home. The Illinois State Police Swat Team assisted in the raid.

The lab was dismantled by the state Meth Response Team. Officers found meth, pseudoephedrine and other meth-making materials, according to a news release.

Those arrested were being held at the Tazewell County Justice Center Thursday night. They had not yet been charged by the Tazewell County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Pekin Police Public Information Officer Mike Eeten said the arrests are the result of an ongoing investigation. He said that no weapons were found at the scene and there were no children at the scene of the meth lab.

Eeten said the Pekin residents arrested have been the subject of meth investigations in Pekin previously.

The warrant was served shortly after a batch of meth was produced overnight, said Eeten.